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Aliens (1986)

Film

DirectorJames Cameron

Meta takes4

Figures

Characters

Ellen Ripley → The Final Girl
Carter J. Burke

Tropes

The Alien Queen
The Colonial Marines → The Fragile Alpha
Ripley in the Power Loader → Cyborg Ontology
The military conflict on LV-426
The Ripley-Newt-Hicks surrogate family
The Xenomorphs → The Return of the Repressed

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Candyman (1992) — via The Final Girl, The Return of the Repressed
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Poor Things (2023) — via The Fragile Alpha, Cyborg Ontology
The Experiment (2001) — via The Fragile Alpha, The Return of the Repressed
Titane (2021) — via Cyborg Ontology
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) — via Cyborg Ontology
Iron Man (2008) — via Cyborg Ontology
It (2017) — via The Final Girl